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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 10
- 100th: 1924 - First political convention broadcast on radio: Republicans at Cleveland, Ohio.
- 100th: 1924 - Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists.
- 90th: 1934 - Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (overtime) in soccer's second World Cup at Rome.
- 80th: 1944 - Joe Nuxhall at age 15 becomes youngest Major League baseball player.
- 80th: 1944 - In the town of Oradour-sur-Clone near Limoges, France, German SS units lock men in barns, women and children in a church, fire machine-guns on both, then set fire to them. About 1000 are killed; only six escape. This was done to deter the French population from helping the Maquis.
- 60th: 1964 - Southern filibuster on US civil rights bill ends; closure invoked.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jimmy Chamberlin; drummer (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan).
- 40th: 1984 - Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his first grand slam title.
- 40th: 1984 - US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time.
- 40th: 1984 - Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 2.39 metres.
- 40th: 1984 - Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, for the NBA championship.
- 30th: 1994 - Fox releases the film Speed to theaters.
- 25th: 1999 - NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan MiloÜevic agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Ray Charles at age 73 from liver failure; American singer and musician ("Confession Blues", "What'd I Say", "Georgia on My Mind" (1960, Grammy award), "Hit the Road Jack" (Grammy award)) (born 1930).
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